The Corrs来自爱尔兰的Dundalk——距都柏林向北50英里,正好介于爱尔兰和北爱尔兰交界上的一个小城。他们是爱尔兰史上最成功的一支家庭组合,成立于1990年,由3朵姐妹花Sharon、Caroline、Andrea和成熟、稳重的大哥Jim组成,由于父母都是歌手,所以这四兄妹从小就表现出对音乐的天赋,并将自己的姓氏——“Corr”作为乐队的名称。

与其他音乐人不同,The Corrs的每一位成员都参与歌曲的创作、演奏和演唱,每个人都有一样“看家本领”,像主唱Andrea美妙的嗓音,Jim弹得一手好吉他,Sharon的小提琴技巧令人赞叹不已,Caroline可以连续敲上几个小时的架子鼓。他们的音乐风格既不像Enya那样带有纯爱尔兰民族音乐特点,也不同于U2那样的摇滚乐队,而是将两者巧妙地糅合在一起:流行中带着爱尔兰民谣的纯朴、干净,同时融入了现代流行音乐元素,这使The Corrs在爱尔兰乃至全世界的流行音乐组合中独树一帜。
当The Corrs成立不久后,他们未来的经纪人——John Hughes发现了他们,并邀请他们四兄妹去参加在都柏林举行的Commitments现场音乐会的表演,在那里,The Corrs获得了不少演出经验。 1994年,The Corrs非常幸运地接待了到爱尔兰访问的美国大使Jean Kennedy Smith,在都柏林的一家俱乐部为其表演,并给大使留下了深刻印象,被邀请到波士顿参加94年世界杯的庆典演出。在演出中,The Corrs的精彩表演吸引了亚特兰大唱片公司的上层人物Jason Flom和David Foster,就这样他们的音乐终于从家乡爱尔兰走向了世界。
歌词:
Your hills and dales and flowery vales
That lie near the Moorlough Shore.
Your vines that blow by Borden’s grove.
Will I ever see you more
Where the primrose glows
And the violet grows
Where the trout and salmon play.
With my line and hook delight I took
To spend my youthful days.
Last night I went to see my love,
And to hear what she might say.
To see if she’d take pity on me,
Lest I might go away.
She said, "I loved an Irish lad,
And he was my only joy,
And ever since I saw his face
I have loved that soldier boy."
Perhaps your soldier lad is lost
Sailing over the sea of Maine.
Or perhaps he’s gone with some other one
You may never see him again.
Well if my Irish lad is lost,
He’s the one I do adore,
And seven years I’ll wait for him
By the banks of the Moorlough Shore